MasterChef: The Professionals 2025
MasterChef: The Professionals 2025: Where to watch it, who are the contestants, judges, critics, guest chefs, finalists and winner.
Due to scheduling changes, there will be no series of MasterChef: The Professionals aired in 2025.
Instead, series 18 is set to air in the spring of 2026 on BBC One.
Previous series of MasterChef: The Professionals are available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
Judges, guest chefs, food critics, chef contestants
In series 18, Monica Galetti and Marcus Wareing return as judges, with the pair joined by a new host in Matt Tebbutt, who replaces Gregg Wallace,
A selection of Britain's best known food critics also join the show each year. The previous series included William Sitwell, Grace Dent, Jimi Famurewa, Tom Parker-Bowles, Tracey MacLeod and Jay Rayner.
Guest chef judges have either come into the MasterChef studios to challenge the chefs, or invited contestants to cook in their restaurants, including Jean-Philippe Blondet, Gareth Ward, Andrew Wong, Aktar Islam, Matt Abé, Sally Abé, Michael Caines, Jun Tanaka, Niall Keating, Daniel Clifford and Anna Haugh.
When does the MasterChef: The Professionals 2025 start?
There will be no series aired in 2025. The next series is set to be shown in spring 2026, with a start date to be confirmed.
It is expected there will be four weeks of heats, followed by the semi-finals and finals.
When is the MasterChef: The Professionals final?
Dates for the next series are to be confirmed. In 2024, the final was on December 12th.
Who is taking part in MasterChef: The Professionals?
Applications closed on March 31st, 2025, with 32 chefs usually competing each year.
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Dan Merriman saw off the competition of 31 other chefs across the series, outcooking fellow finalists Chiara Tomasoni and George Birtwell to take the trophy.
Tom Hamblet, Sous Chef at South Lodge Hotel, was crowned MasterChef: The Professionals 2023 winner, beating his fellow finalists Kasae Fraser and Tommy Thorn who both also competed in the Grand Final.
Junior sous chef at Kitchen W8, Nikita Pathakji beat her fellow finalists, Sagar Massey, and Charlie Jeffreys, to become the winner of MasterChef: The Professionals 2022.
Private chef and UCB graduate Daniel Lee beat his fellow finalists Aaron Middleton and Liam Rogers to become the winner of MasterChef: The Professionals 2021.
Alex Webb is the former head chef at Square 1 Restaurant and Catering in Dunmow was crowned Masterchef: The Professionals 2020 winner.
Stuart 'Stu' Deeley, formerly the head chef at The Wilderness in Birmingham, won the MasterChef: The Professionals 2019 competition. Stu's project to open his own restaurant in his home city was delayed because of coronavirus, and then saw him take on a role as development chef at Hampton Manor's one Michelin star restaurant, Peel's.
Laurence Henry, former sous chef at two Michelin-starred Restaurant Sat Bains won MasterChef: The Professionals 2018.
